Week of August 30th - September 3rd

Week of August 30th - September 3rd

Welcome back students and parents!

This week the RTI team will be administering Aimsweb testing to Kindergarten, First and Second grade students. We will be assessing students on Reading and Math skills. From this information will be creating Reading plans and schedules for the next semester. First and Second grade students will begin switching for Reading classes on September 13th.

Week of May 17th - 21st

2nd Grade Math: This week we began working on triple digit addition and subtraction. My students continue to need reminders to regroup and carry. We will continue to work on this next week.

1st Grade Reading: This week we started our final unit of the Wilson Fundations program. We also played a fun game of Pictionary on the Mimio board with the entire class.

Announcements:
Second graders will be going to the Chicago Botanical Gardens on Tuesday. Please send a sack lunch in a disposable bag and dress for the weather.
Second graders will also be going to Praireview to meet their Pen Pals and go on a tour of the school.

First graders will be going on a fun field trip to Jurica Museum.

Picnic Day is next Friday. First graders attend the picnic in the morning and Second graders attend the picnic in the afternoon.

Week of May 3rd - 7th

2nd Grade Math: This week we completed our chapter on Fractions. My students did very well on their tests! We also started our new chapter on place value.

1st Grade Reading: This week I helped administer the Aimsweb Spring benchmark test so I did not meet with my 1st Grade Reading groups. We will meet again starting on Monday and we will resume with Unit 13 of our Wilson Fundations program.

Butterfly Update:

We released nine butterflies on Wednesday. We still have one cocoon left. We are hoping the butterfly comes out soon.

Week of April 26th - 30th

2nd Grade Math: This week we started our chapter on Fractions. My students have a good grasp of the concept. We will be having our chapter test next week and then begin our next chapter on place value.

1st Grade Reading: My students completed Unit 12 of our Wilson Fundations program. The children did a great job on their tests! We started Unit 13 on Thursday. This Unit focuses on the -ed and -ing suffixes.

Adopt A Rainforest Project: The response to the Adopt-A-Rainforest project was tremendous! While collecting coins over a week period of time, we raised $293.58!!! The students, parents and teachers at Elizabeth Ide really contributed to raising awareness about the importance of rainforests. Thank you everyone!!!

Week of April 19th - 24th

2nd Grade Math: We will be completing our second chapter on measurement early next week. We have worked with measuring with rulers, scales, thermometers and measuring cups. We will begin our next chapter on fractions next week.

1st Grade Reading: This week we have been working on Unit 12 of our Wilson Fundations program. We will be having our unit test next Tuesday. This unit focuses on the suffix - es. Trick words for this week include: being, under, between, work, both, see

Open House: Mark your calendars for Ide's open house on Thursday, April 29th. Please stop by my classroom. I would love to see you!

Butterflies: Our caterpillars have just gone into their cocoons. Here are a few pictures of

them.

Week of April 12th - 16th

2nd Grade Math: We completed our chapter on measurement. We have been measuring with inches, centimeters, meters, feet and yards. On Friday we started Chapter 18 on weight, volume and temperature.

1st Grade Reading: We completed Unit 11 in our Wilson Reading program. The children did very well on their assessments. We will begin Unit 12 on Monday. This unit will focus on the -es suffix.

Butterfly Unit

My students have been learning about butterflies. We have learned all about the life cycle this week. Here are a few pictures of our caterpillars. They are growing amazingly fast and they should be in cocoons next week. More pictures to come!

Week of April 5th - 9th

2nd Grade Math
This week we worked on our chapter on Measurement. We have learned how to measure items using: inches, centimeters, feet and yards. Next week we will work on perimeter and area.

2nd Grade Spelling
Words for next week include: butterfly, Spring, egg, adult, legs, head, mouth, eyes, wings, fly, cocoon, flutter

1st Grade Reading
This week we continue to work on Unit 11 of our Wilson Fundations program. This unit focuses on two syllable words. Trick words for the week include: people, Mr., Mrs., years, says, little, good, very, own.